Houston Employment Agency
Direct Hire Recruiting and Professional Placement
LINK Staffing's corporate office connects Houston employers with proven professional, administrative, and technical talent for permanent roles. Locally owned and operated in Houston since 1980.
The Houston Employment Agency for Direct Hire Recruiting
LINK Staffing's corporate office is a Houston employment agency focused on one thing: permanent hiring. Since 1980, our corporate recruiting team has connected Houston-area companies with dependable professional, administrative, and technical talent for permanent roles, the kind of hires that strengthen teams and drive long-term results.
Unlike short-term staffing, direct hire means the candidate joins your company as a permanent, full-time employee from day one. LINK manages the entire recruiting process: sourcing, screening, interviewing, and presenting qualified candidates, so you can focus on running your business while we find the right person for the role.
As a WBENC-certified women's business enterprise, LINK Staffing brings more than 45 years of Houston market experience to every search. Whether you are filling a single critical role or building out an entire department, we work with businesses of every size across a wide range of industries.
See LINK's full Houston staffing servicesTwo Ways to Work with LINK's Corporate Office
Employers hire through us. Professionals find their next role through us. Both start here.
Hire Permanent Talent
Hiring for a permanent role? Tell us about the position and our recruiting team will scope the search, screen the market, and present a shortlist of vetted candidates. Professional, administrative, and technical recruiting for companies across Greater Houston.
Prefer to talk it through? Call our Houston recruiting team at 1-800-848-LINK.
Find Your Next Role
Looking for a permanent professional, administrative, or technical position in Houston? Search current openings or send LINK your resume. Our corporate recruiters work with respected Houston employers across multiple industries, and the right opportunity may be waiting for you.
Or call 1-800-848-LINK to speak with a recruiter.
What Is Direct Hire and How Does It Work?
Direct hire is an employment model where a staffing agency recruits, screens, and presents candidates who are hired directly onto your company's payroll as permanent employees. There is no interim period: the candidate is your employee from the start. Here is how the direct hire recruiting process works at LINK Staffing.
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Discovery and Consultation
We meet with your hiring team to understand the role, required qualifications, team dynamics, compensation range, and company culture. This ensures we target candidates who are the right fit, not just on paper but in practice.
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Sourcing and Recruiting
Our Houston recruiters tap into an established network of professionals, industry contacts, and targeted recruiting channels to identify qualified candidates, including talent that is not actively searching but open to the right opportunity.
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Screening and Evaluation
Before a candidate is presented to a client, LINK completes an in-depth interview, reference checks, and background verification. Skills assessments are conducted when requested by the client or required for the position. We evaluate the candidate's qualifications, work history, professionalism, reliability, and alignment with the role.
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Candidate Presentation
We present a shortlist of vetted candidates with detailed profiles so you can make an informed hiring decision. We coordinate interviews, manage scheduling, and provide guidance throughout the selection process.
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Offer and Onboarding Support
Once you select a candidate, we assist with offer negotiation and help ensure a smooth transition into your organization.
The result is a structured recruiting process designed to save time, reduce hiring risk, and present candidates whose qualifications and experience have been evaluated for the position. Learn more about LINK's direct hire recruiting services.
Why Houston Employers Choose LINK Staffing for Direct Hire
Hiring the wrong person for a permanent role is expensive: recruiting costs, lost productivity, training time, and the disruption of starting the search over. That is why Houston employers bring in an experienced recruiting partner, to get the hire right the first time.
More Than 45 Years in the Houston Market
LINK Staffing has been locally owned and operated in Houston since 1980. We know the talent market, the industries, and the hiring landscape across Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast, and we put that knowledge to work on every search.
A Structured Recruiting Process
LINK uses a structured recruiting process designed to reduce hiring risk and help employers make informed decisions. Each candidate presented has completed an in-depth interview, reference checks, and background verification. Skills assessments are included when requested by the client or required for the position.
Deep Professional Network
Our recruiters maintain long-standing relationships with Houston professionals across multiple industries. Many strong placements come through referrals and relationships built since 1980.
WBENC-Certified
LINK Staffing is a certified women's business enterprise through WBENC, which can support your organization's supplier diversity goals and procurement requirements.
Recognized Results
Named to the Inc. 5000, a Staffing Industry Analysts Best Staffing Firms to Work For winner, and a Houston Business Journal Top 100 and Best Family-Owned Business honoree. LINK reports a 98% client-retention rate across its staffing and recruiting relationships.
Industries We Serve Through Direct Hire
LINK Staffing's corporate office places direct hire candidates across the industries we serve throughout the Houston market. Every industry has its own hiring challenges, compliance requirements, and candidate expectations, and our recruiters tailor each search to the specific demands of yours.
Manufacturing
Production supervisors, operations leaders, quality assurance professionals, and engineering talent for Houston manufacturers.
Manufacturing StaffingOffice & Administrative Support
Executive assistants, office managers, administrative coordinators, HR generalists, and accounting and finance support professionals.
Office and Administrative StaffingHealthcare
Administrative, billing, credentialing, and operational support professionals for Houston healthcare organizations.
Healthcare StaffingLogistics & Warehouse
Warehouse managers, logistics coordinators, supply chain professionals, and operations supervisors who bring stability to your operation.
Logistics and Warehouse StaffingProfessional Placement
Accounting and finance, human resources, project management, sales, operations, IT, marketing, and executive support roles. This is our specialty.
Professional PlacementEnergy & Utilities
Operations, compliance, project coordination, and technical leadership roles for traditional and renewable energy organizations across the Gulf Coast.
Energy and Utilities StaffingWhich LINK Office Do You Need?
Many people use the terms interchangeably, but an employment agency and a temp agency serve different purposes. An employment agency focuses on permanent placement: candidates are recruited, screened, and hired directly onto your company's payroll. A temp agency provides temporary workers for short-term assignments, and the worker remains on the agency's payroll. LINK Staffing offers both, delivered by different offices with different expertise.
Direct Hire and Professional Placement
The LINK Staffing corporate office in Houston handles professional, administrative, and technical recruiting for permanent roles across Greater Houston.
Temporary Staffing in Houston
LINK's three Houston branch offices specialize in warehouse, manufacturing, and light industrial staffing across the metro.
Staffing in the DFW Metroplex
LINK's Irving branch office serves employers and job seekers across Dallas-Fort Worth, including direct hire.
No matter which type of staffing you need, LINK Staffing will connect you with the right office for your situation. For the full picture of LINK's services across the metro, visit our Houston staffing agency page.
Areas of Houston We Serve
LINK Staffing's corporate office serves employers and job seekers throughout the Greater Houston area and the Gulf Coast region. Our direct hire recruiting covers:
Whether your company is in the Texas Medical Center, the Energy Corridor, Downtown Houston, the Galleria area, Westchase, or Greenway Plaza, our corporate recruiting team is ready to help you find the right permanent hire.
Houston's economy supports steady hiring across energy, healthcare, aerospace, manufacturing, professional services, and technology. LINK Staffing's deep roots in this market mean we know the employers, the industries, the compensation benchmarks, and the professionals who make Houston's business community thrive.
About LINK Staffing
LINK Staffing was founded in 1980 by Bill and Karen Pitts in Houston, Texas. Today the company is led by second-generation President and CEO Kathryn Mujezinovic, who continues to build on more than 45 years of recruiting experience and the family-first values her parents established from the start.
Our corporate office at 1800 Bering Drive is the home of direct hire recruiting and professional placement for the Houston market, and it supports LINK's branch offices in Houston East, Houston North, Houston West, and Irving. We are a locally owned, WBENC-certified women's business enterprise, named to the Inc. 5000 and honored as a Houston Business Journal Best Family-Owned Business.
LINK Staffing is a family-founded, Houston-based company that has earned its reputation one placement at a time since 1980. When you work with the corporate office, you work with recruiters who know Houston, who are invested in this community, and who measure their success by yours.
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Whether you need one key hire or a complete talent strategy, LINK Staffing's Houston recruiting team is ready to help. And if you are a professional looking for your next permanent role, we want to hear from you too.
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What People Say About
“My experience with Diana Peterson-Ratay and Manny Garcia at LINK Staffing Services has been friendly, courteous and professional. It has been a genuine pleasure dealing with them. I would recommend this LINK Staffing Services location and these representatives to any job seeker looking for temporary, or temporary leading to permanent employment.”
“All of us are so impressed with Donna Barrientes. She is one of the best we have ever worked with!
Donna is quick, efficient and an expert in her field. She has taken the time to understand our business and always provides excellent candidates for review. We are so pleased to have found her as a partner. She has become an extension of our business in Texas and we look forward to working with LINK in the future due to her contributions and commitment.”
“What I like best about working with LINK is their competitive pricing and their ability to fill short-notice requests. LINK has the ability and willingness to fulfill our staffing requests even when changes are made at the last minute.”
“After 15 years in the business, the employee that we got from LINK was the best worker I have ever seen!”
“I am in college and have been able to find employment through LINK for the last 3 summers while on break. Somehow they are able to put me right to work and it allows me to make some much needed extra money while home for the summer. It has given me some great exposure to a variety of companies and taught me a lot about the way different companies work. Also it has helped me to realize what I want to do after college and gives me good experience to include on my resume.”
“The staff at LINK are really nice and professional. I also like the fact that if I have any questions, they are answered quickly. LINK is the best temp service i have worked for so far.”